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Do you like your neighborhood? Is it friendly, and where everyone knows their neighbors? No matter if you live in the sticks or in an apartment building in downtown Columbus, you have a little pocket that you can call home. And each neighborhood is different.

Smaller neighborhoods usually have obvious benefits — less crime, a slower pace of life, and a lower cost of living. But not all Columbus neighborhoods are created equal. Some are better than others. But which ones?

Instead of relying on public opinion and speculation, we wanted to get the facts straight and find out which neighborhoods in Columbus are the best. If you’re in one of the places we’re about to highlight, odds are you know you’ve got it made.

Here are the best neighborhoods in Columbus for 2018:

Bexley

Upper Arlington

Harrison West

Brewery

Victorican Village

Southside

Worthington

Clintonville

Northwest

Rocky-Fork Blacklick Accord

Read on to see how we determined the places around Columbus that deserve a little bragging rights.